In the Tang Dynasty, a hand-operated single-shot rifle was created, and in any case, this fact is quite shocking.

If there is something that comes out a year earlier than history and will bring great changes to human life, then what about more than a thousand years earlier?

Rifles can even be seen as a standard used to measure the level of industry in a country.

Although the current industrial level of Datang is deformed, even if it is researched now, it can only be produced on a small scale in the Academy of Sciences in the short term, and it is very difficult to mass production.

Not only did it take a lot of steam engines, but it was also necessary to use this principle to create more suitable production equipment.

There is also a question of trade-offs.

The original idea of the steam engine was to power the train, and it was just a whimsical idea to use it for the military industry, so the basis for industrialization was to increase the output and quality of the steam engine.

Of course, a steam engine alone is not enough to promote the progress of the entire industrialization, because industrialization is not something that can be completed by a steam engine, it needs more equipment, lathes, punches and other industrial equipment.

And these things, Li Yuanji can only express helplessness, these are more common, and he has only heard of them.

What exactly do these things do? What can I do? How? Even what does it look like? Li Yuanji said he didn't know.

Not to mention those equipment that he has never even heard of, so Li Yuanji is not in a hurry to promote industrialization.

Because there is no need to be anxious, the current Datang has been ahead of the world for a thousand years, even if other countries are trying to catch up, but as long as Datang can protect this secret, it will be no problem to compete for a hundred years and fifty years.

And how much change can 50 years, 100 years?

During this period, Li Yuanji has also been thinking about whether the new musket should be fully equipped?

I was still thinking about it and worrying about it, but now, I have the answer in my heart.

That's don't.

Again, for that reason, there is no need.

Today's Datang basically has no opponents, and there is no war to speak of in the short term.

The only thing left was the Korean Peninsula, and the originally planned expeditionary force to fight in the east to Japan has now been gradually postponed, and instead of going to Jeju Island in the future for training and military stockpiling.

From there, the advantage is greater than that from the mainland, and with the covert support of the Soga clan, the situation of Japan is changing, and there is no need for the Tang Army to land and fight in a short period of time.

On the contrary, Li Yuanji was more inclined to build a modern army with only a few thousand men, let them slowly explore and experiment, and then promote the whole army when the time is right.

"Has this gun been tested?" With a gun in hand, a gun that has not been tested, no matter how much the appearance echoes your own ideas, it is useless.

A gun that is not adapted to the battlefield, use him as a burning stick?

"I tried it a few times, but it was unsuccessful, and I also injured two testers." Speaking of the test, Xiao Jing was full of depression.

"What's going on?" Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought of exploding.

Now the power of gunpowder cannot be compared with later generations, and the consequences of exploding the chamber are also not to be underestimated, and what Xiao Jing said is that it is not successful, which means that it is very likely that this gun has not even fired a single bullet.

"Your Majesty, according to your description, this rifle has basically met your requirements, and judging by all aspects of testing, the results are not bad. In fact, the main problem is still on the bullet side, and Director Liu said that the problem may still be in the primer, and the other is that they did not strictly follow the caliber of eight millimeters. Therefore, the bullet that was made could not be fired, or it was finally ignited, but it could not be fired because the caliber of the bullet was greater than eight millimeters, so it also caused other reactions, but fortunately, the injuries of the two testers were not serious, but only disfigured. Xiao Jing roughly explained the problem.

Because he was not responsible for making the bullets, he did not know the more detailed questions.

But after the accident, Director Liu came to him to discuss whether the firing pin of the rifle could be improved, and the main indicator was to make the firing pin more powerful to ensure that the primer could be ignited 100%.

This is not untested, but the effect is still not ideal, and the wear and tear of the firing pin and the corresponding parts is also relatively serious, if it is really done to this extent, it is estimated that it will not be long before a complete set of firing pins and other parts need to be replaced.

Therefore, the rifle in Li Yuanji's hand is the version before the improvement, and the later version has basically been discarded, because it is not practical, and even then, there is no guarantee that the bullet can be fired smoothly.

Or to put it more bluntly, whether the bullet can be fired now depends not on the firing pin, but on luck.

This question is more embarrassing, is it possible that you can still count on luck to win on the battlefield? This is obviously unreliable and extremely irresponsible.

If the bullet problem cannot be solved, then there is no way to test the rifle, and you can only guess whether there is a problem based on feeling.

But this feeling test is very unreliable, even in the future life, such a test makes people uncountable.

After coming out of the gun-making workshop, Li Yuanji went straight to the bullet workshop.

The bullet workshop was a little far away, and the surrounding area was completely cleared, and it was pitch black, even the yards were pitch black.

However, the courtyard is inhabited by soldiers guarding the place, or rather, this is their military camp.

Because of its danger, it is not necessary to put other scientific research institutions nearby, so as not to accidentally cause an explosion and damage the pond fish.

When Li Yuanji came, the bullet workshop was similar to the gun-making workshop, and it was also brightly lit, but most of the places were in a state of shutdown, and only a few rooms were busy.

It was a fateful decision to study bullets at night in ancient times.

Because lighting basically relies on fire, if you don't do it well, it will be wiped out.

However, time was tight, so they had to divide into two ways, some of them studied during the day and some of them studied at night, and when they handed over shifts every day, they carried out the exchange of research on the day, and left all the information for the reference of the other group, or avoided repeated experiments.

Of course, that's not to say that there's a bunch of people who don't take life seriously.

At the very least, there are protective measures that should be in place.

For example, the candles here are all covered with a coat of glass, with only one hole at the top for air circulation.

In addition, there was a bucket full of water beside each person, and every two steps, every two steps, a soldier stared at him with a forbidden face, and a bucket was also placed within reach.

At the slightest abnormality, they will immediately extinguish it.

At this time, the research is relatively boring and boring.

At the same time, it is also relatively helpless, and there is no more way.

Of course, it is better to say that it is to constantly test and search.

They don't need a lot of calculations, extrapolations, and they don't have the ability to do so, let alone the knowledge of it.

The only thing I can do is to think hard, think of all the materials that can catch fire under the impact, look up the information, look through all kinds of information, but if there is something related to the requirements, immediately find it and test it.

When they were most helpless, the gang even grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and went in to test it, wanting to test whether the collision between soil and soil could produce sparks.

The result is clear, of course, it ended in failure.

So the research has come and gone, and a few months have passed, from the beginning of the day to be able to conduct several tests a day, to now two or three days may not be able to conduct a test.

They tested all of them, and even mixed various materials to test, but the results were not satisfactory.

So now, the biggest problem of the institute is that there are no new materials for them to experiment.

But the importance of bullets is self-evident, especially when the musket has already been studied and is now waiting for the bullet to be tested.

The scientific researchers of the bullet workshop are also even more anxious, but they are limited by the current conditions, and they can't find any suitable way.

As for the primer of the bullet, it is not only required to be flammable, but also to have sufficient stability.

In other words, it cannot be ignited by any means other than the striker pin.

Heavy blows, except for burning on fire.

At the very least, it must be able to withstand human manipulation, various forms of marching, and during the battle, it can ensure that the bullet will not be affected in any way, and can be fired immediately when it is necessary to use it.

And there is also a hard requirement, the made bullet must be able to be soaked in water for more than two hours, and it can be used directly without even drying it.

It's not hard to do this alone, but it's a bit difficult to put together a myriad of simple problems and make them fit together perfectly.

Compared to the rifle workshop, because of their inexperience, the researchers here even have a feeling of despair.

But this is useless, after despair, you still have to raise your head and study.

A lot of money is invested in them, and if they can't get a result, let alone others accusing them, I'm afraid they won't even be able to let go of themselves.

You must know that the bullet workshop has now become a gold-swallowing monster, and in just a few months, it has burned a lot of funds and resources, and with it, it is naturally a huge pressure.